October 9 in history: • 1708 – Great Northern War: Russia defeated Sweden at the Battle of Lesnaya on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus. → go there • 1740 – European soldiers and Javanese collaborators started massacring Chinese Indonesians in the port city of Batavia, modern-day Jakarta: at least 10,000 people were killed. → go there • 1793 – French Revolution: After a month-long siege, the leaders of Lyon surrendered, ending their revolt against the National Convention. → go there • 1921 – The Mortimer War Memorial (pictured), designed by Herbert Maryon in memory of local servicemen who died in the First World War, was dedicated. → go there • 1952 – A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England. → go there Died 705: Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Wiki link Died 1895: Nadezhda Stasova Wiki link Born 1998: Yuri Tsunematsu Wiki link Died 2006: Paul Hunter Wiki link Pictured: Mortimer War Memorial.